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27 October, 2008

Take the beam from thine own eye

Did you know that slavery was only formally abolished no more than 5 years ago in the West African country of Niger? A woman in Niger is suing the government for not preventing her being sold into slavery.

So how is the victimhood industry going to pin the blame for this on the White Man and Western colonialism? Could be a tricky one. I await developments with interest.

About Me

Edwin Greenwood is the nom de souris of a Mancunian early baby-boomer, now living in London, who like so many of his cohort has made the transition from cuddly inclusive soft-left liberal into a grumpy old git who is quite prepared to call a spade a black bastard.
(The previous sentence may cause consternation to the Righteous. If this is you, read this and/or this before exploding with indignation.)